In the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, Michaelmas Term, 27th Victoria: The Attorney General V. Sillem and Others, Claiming the Vessel "Alexandra", Seized Under the Foreign Enlistment Act, (59 George III. Chapter 69). Report of the Arguments with the Judgement of the Court: and Also an Appendix Containing Various Documents Referred to1864 - 571 pages |
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... prohibited intent , which is this , " with intent or in order that " such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince , state , or potentate , or of any foreign colony , " province , or part of any province or ...
... prohibited intent , which is this , " with intent or in order that " such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince , state , or potentate , or of any foreign colony , " province , or part of any province or ...
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... prohibited intent , the statute was violated . The evidence , therefore , of necessity had to be addressed to those two subjects ; and I will now bring under your Lordships ' notice , as concisely as I am able , the material portions of ...
... prohibited intent , the statute was violated . The evidence , therefore , of necessity had to be addressed to those two subjects ; and I will now bring under your Lordships ' notice , as concisely as I am able , the material portions of ...
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... prohibited . The words are these , " If any person in any part of His Majesty's dominions shall , " without the leave and licence of His Majesty for that purpose " first had and obtained , as aforesaid , equip , furnish , fit out , or ...
... prohibited . The words are these , " If any person in any part of His Majesty's dominions shall , " without the leave and licence of His Majesty for that purpose " first had and obtained , as aforesaid , equip , furnish , fit out , or ...
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... prohibited thing , and that prohibited thing is either equipping , or attempting or endeavouring to equip , or knowingly aiding , assisting , or being concerned in the equipping , with a certain intent . The intent is the gist of the ...
... prohibited thing , and that prohibited thing is either equipping , or attempting or endeavouring to equip , or knowingly aiding , assisting , or being concerned in the equipping , with a certain intent . The intent is the gist of the ...
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... prohibited by any rule of international law . --- My Lords , that is one of the two rules of international law to which I refer ; I will now ask your Lordships ' attention to the second rule . The second rule is this , -the territory of ...
... prohibited by any rule of international law . --- My Lords , that is one of the two rules of international law to which I refer ; I will now ask your Lordships ' attention to the second rule . The second rule is this , -the territory of ...
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Page 87 - Every person who, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people...
Page 54 - ... with intent, or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 71 - ... any person or persons, exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 87 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel...
Page 140 - Majesty shall not then be at war, or shall within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to His Majesty, issue or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid...
Page 349 - Powers of Government in any Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or Country, or against the Inhabitants of any Foreign Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or Country, with whom His Majesty shall not then be at War ; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's Dominions, or in any Settlement...
Page 363 - Majesty for that purpose, first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war...
Page 87 - ... colony, district or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 325 - As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers, with whom the United States have the most extensive relations, there was reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with them might be interrupted, and our disposition for peace drawn into question, by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
Page 381 - The right of the neutral to transport, and of the hostile power to seize, are conflicting rights, and neither party can charge the other with a criminal act.